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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 10:47 AM Jul 2017

Russian Foreign Minister Drops Major Trump Bombshell In NBC Interview

Russian Foreign Minister Drops Major Trump Bombshell In NBC Interview (VIDEO)

Holly Lee - July 21, 2017

President Donald Trump keeps digging the hole deeper, and at this point, it’s not clear how he could ever climb back out. It was already clear that Trump previously met with Russian President Vladimir Putin twice at the G20 Summit. Despite Trump’s insistence that was it and the second meeting was only a meeting full of pleasantries, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov dropped a bombshell during an interview with NBC’s Keir Simmons.

There could have been more. He told Simmons:

‘They might have met even much more than just three times.’

Granted, Lavrov edged in a bit of snark afterward saying, “Maybe they went to the toilet together.” Sadly, that’s not too hard to believe.

Lavrov tried to dismiss any other possible meetings, however, as insignificant and compared the meetings to the first day of kindergarten.

He also described a third meeting, which happened while they attended a social-dinner.

‘After the dinner was over…I was not there…President Trump apparently went to pick up his wife and spent some minutes with President Putin…so what?’
After dropping those nuggets, he went on to comment on the U.S. presence in Syria, which is a major point of contention between the U.S., allies, and Russia. Not to mention, it serves as an acceptable reason for Trump not to be besties with Putin.

Furthermore, he added Russia would not support a regime change in North Korea, despite the fact it is run by an unstable dictator obsessed with destroying the U.S. Lavrov defended North Korea stating they did not test an intercontinental missile.

More:
http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/07/21/russian-foreign-minister-drops-major-trump-bombshell-in-nbc-interview-video/

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Russian Foreign Minister Drops Major Trump Bombshell In NBC Interview (Original Post) Panich52 Jul 2017 OP
Ok--*why* would this guy say this in a TV interview...? First Speaker Jul 2017 #1
The Russians are having fun, They know Trump's integaty is weak. UCmeNdc Jul 2017 #8
russians fantasizing about going to toilet with Comrade Casino? Achilleaze Jul 2017 #2
This is just punk talk from Lavrov. OnDoutside Jul 2017 #3
That Lavrov asshole is really being cocky of late. Blue_true Jul 2017 #4
Lavrov's a hard nut to crack. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2017 #5
He's just fucking with us Nevernose Jul 2017 #6
Dear Donald Kber Jul 2017 #7
Honestly, I think the Russians hold Trump in contempt.... Thomas Hurt Jul 2017 #9

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
1. Ok--*why* would this guy say this in a TV interview...?
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 10:52 AM
Jul 2017

...it's impossible to untangle the whole web of lies, deceit, and paranoia engulfing the US, Russia, and everybody else in the world. But even so--if Trump *did* meet all those times with Putin, what interest does it serve the Russians to announce it so publicly? To weaken Trump, and keep the whole scandal humming? Thereby weakening the US as a whole? If so, Putin must feel that he's in a "heads I win, tails you lose" situation regarding this whole business. I wonder if he'll discover that he's being a little too clever by half...

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
8. The Russians are having fun, They know Trump's integaty is weak.
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 11:09 AM
Jul 2017

They can say anything now and spin the US around like a toy.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
2. russians fantasizing about going to toilet with Comrade Casino?
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 10:57 AM
Jul 2017

Pisser. They have no respect for the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, nor has he ever done anything to merit respect from anyone. Just wicked pisser.

The republicans have taken a major dump on America with this Draft Dodger, and his KGOP Cabal of Colluding Comrades.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
4. That Lavrov asshole is really being cocky of late.
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 10:58 AM
Jul 2017

A career FSB man, he knows a stooge when he sees one.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,173 posts)
5. Lavrov's a hard nut to crack.
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 10:58 AM
Jul 2017

He seems to have a sarcastic streak, and with the additional language barrier, it's tough to say when he's being serious or just bullshitting.

Remember when he was going into his meeting with Trump and someone asked him to comment on Comey's firing? "He fired Comey? I did not know that!"

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
9. Honestly, I think the Russians hold Trump in contempt....
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 11:12 AM
Jul 2017

they hold the US in contempt and they hold the US press in contempt. This guy will lie and play games for the fun of it, cuz Trump has already shown himself to be someone too willing to please.

He is the awkward kid trying to get into the cool kids club.

He has this problem with the European leaders as well, but in that case, he holds them in contempt.

Trump's "foreign policy" is not determined by any kind of duty to our interests. It is determined by his penchant for far right paranoiac ideology and, of course, his narcissism.

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